The Path of the Law
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If the typicalcriminal is a degenerate, bound to swindle or to murder by as deepseated an organic necessity as that which makes the rattlesnake bite, it is idle to talk of deterring him by the classical method ofimprisonment. He must be got rid of; he cannot be improved, orfrightened out of his structural reaction. If, on the other hand, crime, like normal human conduct, is mainly a matter of imitation, punishmentfairly may be expected to help to keep it out of fashion. The study ofcriminals ha...s been thought by some well known men of science to sustainthe former hypothesis. The statistics of the relative increase of crimein crowded places like large cities, where example has the greatestchance to work, and in less populated parts, where the contagion spreadsmore slowly, have been used with great force in favor of the latterview. But there is weighty authority for the belief that, however thismay be, "not the nature of the crime, but the dangerousness of thecriminal, constitutes the only reasonable legal criterion to guide theinevitable social reaction against the criminal.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
If the typicalcriminal is a degenerate, bound to swindle or to murder by as deepseated an organic necessity as that which makes the rattlesnake bite, it is idle to talk of deterring him by the classical method ofimprisonment. He must be got rid of; he cannot be improved, orfrightened out of his structural reaction. If, on the other hand, crime, like normal human conduct, is mainly a matter of imitation, punishmentfairly may be expected to help to keep it out of fashion. The study ofcriminals ha...s been thought by some well known men of science to sustainthe former hypothesis. The statistics of the relative increase of crimein crowded places like large cities, where example has the greatestchance to work, and in less populated parts, where the contagion spreadsmore slowly, have been used with great force in favor of the latterview. But there is weighty authority for the belief that, however thismay be, "not the nature of the crime, but the dangerousness of thecriminal, constitutes the only reasonable legal criterion to guide theinevitable social reaction against the criminal.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 to read onlineMoreLess
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